Open Space

From February 21 to March 28, Vancouver-based artist-educator Chantal Gibson returns to Open Space with A Grammar of Loss: Studies in Erasure, a show of new and recent work building on her 2019 exhibition, How She Read: Confronting the Romance of Empire. Turning towards contested objects to edit, redact, and transform them, the exhibition explores the dis/comfort of engaging in this de/colonial moment, offering a visually poetic response to the question “What does it mean to decolonize a text? And what does it really mean to confront Empire?” The artist will participate in a community residency March 20-27. There will be an opening reception for the work Friday, Feb 21, 7-9pm.

Over his 40-year career, avant-garde pianist Anthony Coleman has worked as a composer, improvising keyboardist, and educator, recording 13 albums under his own name, and playing on over a hundred more. He brings to Victoria a workshop and performance at the Church of Truth (111 Superior Street) Saturday, June 8th. Admission is free / by donation. Improvisation workshop: 4-6pm Performance: 7:30pm

Friday, May 31 composer Giorgio Magnanensi will present RISONANZE, a workshop exploring the possibilities of using different materials as audio resonators. It will feature Giorgio’s West Coast Radians, which are cedar speakers made out of reclaimed wood and used in the current gallery exhibition, Field Guides for Listeners. The workshop will be followed by a sound performance by Giorgio and Victoria-based composer, multi-media artist, and facilitator Tina Pearson. Sound workshop: Friday, May 31, 5-7pm Performance: Friday, May 31, 7:30-8:30pm Open Space is not wheelchair accessible and is accessed by a flight of 23 stairs with two landings. There are two gender inclusive washrooms, one multi-stall and one single stall with a urinal. If you have any other questions or concerns about accessibility, please contact office [at] openspace.ca or 250-383-8833.